1997 Florida Code
TITLE XXXII REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 481 Architecture, Interior Design, And Landscape Architecture  
PART I ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN (ss. 481.201-481.24)
481.215   Renewal of license.

481.215  Renewal of license.--

(1)  Subject to the requirement of subsection (3), the department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and renewal fee.

(2)  The department shall adopt rules establishing a procedure for the biennial renewal of licenses.

(3)  No license renewal shall be issued to an architect or an interior designer by the department until the licensee submits proof satisfactory to the department that, during the 2 years prior to application for renewal, the licensee participated per biennium in not less than 20 hours of at least 50 minutes each per biennium of continuing education approved by the board. The board shall approve only continuing education that builds upon the basic knowledge of architecture or interior design. The board may make exception from the requirements of continuing education in emergency or hardship cases.

(4)  The board shall by rule establish criteria for the approval of continuing education courses and providers and shall by rule establish criteria for accepting alternative nonclassroom continuing education on an hour-for-hour basis.

History.--ss. 9, 19, ch. 79-273; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 11, 23, 24, ch. 88-383; s. 1, ch. 90-84; s. 22, ch. 90-228; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 156, ch. 94-119.